Press Your Luck scandal

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/press-your-luck-scandal

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the contestant's name?Michael Larson
2. What is the broadcast network?CBS
3. What happened on the game show "Press Your Luck" in 1984?In 1984, a contestant named Michael Larson studied the game board patterns and won a record $110,237 on the CBS show "Press Your Luck".
4. How did Michael Larson win so much money on the show?He learned that the board used only five light patterns, memorized them, and used this knowledge to choose spots that gave prizes and avoid the "WHAMMY" squares.

Game Board Algorithm: The underlying programming or sequence that dictates the behavior of a game board's electronic elements.
Statistical Probability: The likelihood of a specific event occurring, calculated based on mathematical principles and data.